The spaces assigned to the cavalry are opposite the
space between the two groups of tents belonging to the Tribuni
of the two legions, at right angles to the line along which they
stand, like a cross-road; and indeed the whole arrangement
of the viae is like a system of cross-roads, running on either side
of the blocks of tents, those of the cavalry on one side and those
of the infantry on the other. The spaces assigned to the
cavalry and the Triarii in each legion are back to back, with no
via between them, but touching each other, looking opposite
ways; and the depth of the spaces assigned to the Triarii is
only half that assigned to other maniples, because their
numbers are generally only half; but though the number of
the men is different, the length of the space is always the same
owing to the lesser depth. Next, parallel with these spaces, at
a distance of fifty feet, they place the Principes facing the
Triarii; and as they face the space between themselves and
the Triarii, we have two more roads formed at right angles
to the hundred-foot area in front of the tents of the Tribunes,
and running down from it to the outer agger of the camp on the
side opposite to that of the Principia, which we agreed to call
the front of the camp. Behind the spaces for the Triarii and
looking in the opposite direction, and touching each other, are
the spaces for the Hastati. These several branches of the
service (Triarii, Principes, Hastati), being each divided into
ten maniples, the cross-roads between the blocks are all the
same length and terminate in the front agger of the camp;
towards which they cause the last maniples in the rows to face.

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